A. An "evaporation pond" which collects drainage water from 500,000 acres of farmland in the Imperial Valley, California. b. Another name for the Dead Sea (which lies between Israel and the West Bank and Jordan) which is used to collect irrigation run-off from nearby farmland. c. An expanse of saline water connected to the Pacific ocean d. The Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah, which has also been called "America's Dead Sea" or the "Salton Sea.